Covid is loaded - a social worker's poem about practising in a pandemic (for National Poetry Day)
Covid is loaded
By 'Rosie R'
How can we keep our children safe
When the World as we know it has delivered a pace
Of hiding away with no way of seeing
Our children, our families and their very being
Covid has hit us all like a brick
The virus has swarmed and made us so sick
Social Worker visits are virtual, meetings are zoomed
As the families try to function, totally cocooned
How can we say that we have the child’s views
When the screens are our only means of gathering news
The parents are present, the child is not alone
Can we really say that the child’s views are their own?
Our digital work from our sofas is a whole new dimension
Though is this the answer, or does it just cause us tension
Checking in with our children on facetime and screens
“Blankety Blank” squares have become the new meme
Covid is loaded, but where will it end
When the stats are increasing and following a trend
We are now wearing masks and maintaining our distance
Though the pandemic is spreading, its dangers persistent
We need to take stock of human resilience and strength
After the War, the Spanish flu of 1918 was fierce and intense
With no mobile phones, or digital devices
People rose once again from the chaos and crisis
We can do the same